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LITERATURE

Is Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” a Colonialist Novel?

Literature

Is Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” a Colonialist Novel?

Post-colonial writer Chinua Achebe eviscerated the story, interpreting it as a racist contrast between “civilized” Europe and “savage”...

Some Thoughts on Caryl Churchill’s “Cloud 9” and Sexual Politics

Men playing women, women playing men, and Victorian repressions galore – playwright Churchill tackled Millet’s feminist theories to...

A Story of Liberation: James Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist”

In a fight against father figures, both real and metaphorical, Joyce’s hero follows in the footsteps of his Greek namesake by spreading...

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